Re: [Rakarrack-users] Help needed: no distortion sounds with 0.6.1

[Tim U. <ti...@ur...>]

Hi Ryan,

Thanks for responding. Here's the answers to your questions:

On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 6:51 PM, Ryan Billing <ry...@gm...> wrote:

> **
> Does your computer support SSE or SSE2 instructions?  I am wondering if
> the ppa build included some hardware options that your computer does not
> support.
>
> Yes it does:

tim@tim-laptop:~$ cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor    : 0
vendor_id    : GenuineIntel
cpu family    : 6
model        : 13
model name    : Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1.60GHz
stepping    : 8
cpu MHz        : 800.000
cache size    : 2048 KB
fdiv_bug    : no
hlt_bug        : no
f00f_bug    : no
coma_bug    : no
fpu        : yes
fpu_exception    : yes
cpuid level    : 2
wp        : yes
flags        : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov
clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss tm pbe nx up bts est tm2
bogomips    : 1595.84
clflush size    : 64
cache_alignment    : 64
address sizes    : 32 bits physical, 32 bits virtual
power management:



> Have you tried rakarrack from the official repository using the package
> manager?
>

Not yet, I'll try that next.

>
> Something that will help determine whether the problem is something to do
> with the compilation vs your hardware is if you compile it on your own
> machine.
>
> I can't think why distortion would not work, but the other FX would work?
> Is this the case, or do none of the FX work?
>

Just distortion from what I can tell, the other presets I've tried do work,
or partially work (all the effects but not distortion)

>
> If you would be so kind as to compile it on your own hardware, I can help
> you through the process (if you need help).  It is not very hard, even if
> you have never done it before.  If you are experienced with compiling
> sources, then I suggest building rakarrack from the current development
> (git).  Either way, it would be good to find out the results of building
> 0.6.1 on your own machine so we can learn what causes the problem.
> Ryan
>
> I'll give that a shot and let you know.

Thanks,
Tim

>
> On 11/28/2012 03:31 PM, Tim Urberg wrote:
>
> I found this post when doing a Google Search as I have the same problem.
> It appears as though distortion does not work in 0.6.1.  Here is what I
> did, and I apologize for not having any logs yet.
>
> I did all the following on a Dell Inspiron 9300 with a 1.6ghz Pentium M
> processor, 2GB of RAM, and 160 GB hard drive:
> Jack version 0.118.0 - There were no errors in Jack or Rakarrack through
> out this process.  I used the Spandex preset to test distortion.
>
> 1. I installed Ubuntu 12.04 and installed Rakarrack 0.6.1 (
> http://packages.ubuntu.com/pt/precise/rakarrack) - result, distortion did
> not work.
> 2. I reformatted the same machine and installed Ubuntu 10.04 and installed
> Rakarrack 0.3.0 (http://packages.ubuntu.com/pt/lucid/rakarrack) - result
> distortion *did* work, but I did not have all the built-in preset banks
> that I liked
> 3. I updated my ppa to include version 0.5.8 (
> https://launchpad.net/~philip5/+archive/extra/+build/1809286<https://launchpad.net/%7Ephilip5/+archive/extra/+build/1809286>)
> - result distortion *still* worked, but I still did not have all the
> built-in presets (one bank vs three).
> 4. I updated my ppa again to go up to version 0.6.1 (
> https://launchpad.net/~autostatic/+archive/ppa/+build/2042082<https://launchpad.net/%7Eautostatic/+archive/ppa/+build/2042082>)
> - result distortion did *not* work, but I now had the 3 banks I was looking
> for.
>
> Let me know if you need more info.
>
> Thanks,
> Tim
>
>
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